Lespedeza is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the pea family Fabaceae, commonly known as Bush clover or Japanese clover. The genus is native to warm temperate to subtropical regions of eastern North America, eastern and southern Asia and Australasia.
Cultivation and uses
Some species are grown as garden or
ornamental plants, and/or are used as a
forage crops, notably in the southern
United States, and as a means of
soil enrichment and for prevention of
erosion. Some are
invasive species in some areas.
Lespedeza bicolor var. japonica has been shown to contain l-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (lespedamin).
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